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ahmad:17179Ibrāhīm b. Abū al-ʿAbbās > Baqiyyah > Ḥaddathanābaḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever you feed yourself, that is charity for you. Whatever you feed your child, that is charity for you. Whatever you feed your spouse, that is charity for you. Whatever you feed your servant, that is charity for you."  

أحمد:١٧١٧٩حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَابَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
tabarani:17832al-Ḥusayn b. al-Samaydaʿ al-Anṭākī > Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣūrī > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, what you feed your wife is charity for you, and what you feed your child is charity for you, and what you feed your servant is charity for you, and what you feed yourself is charity for you."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٣٢حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ السَّمَيْدَعِ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»  

nasai-kubra:9141ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] It was reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whatever you feed yourself, it is charity for you. Whatever you feed your children, it is charity for you. Whatever you feed your wife, it is charity for you. Whatever you feed your servant, it is charity for you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ بَحِيرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»  

nasai-kubra:9160ʿĪsá b. Aḥmad al-ʿAsqalānī Bibalkh > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever you feed yourself is a charity for you, whatever you feed your spouse is a charity for you, whatever you feed your child is a charity for you, and whatever you feed your servant is a charity for you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٦٠أَخْبَرَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ بِبَلْخٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»  

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السيوطي:١٨٦٤٦a

"مَا أَطعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا أَطعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا أَطعَمْت خادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لك صَدَقةٌ، وَمَا أَطعَمْتَ نَفْسَك فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقةٌ".  

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن المقدام بن معدى كرب